1984 Jul 2 - 1984 Oct 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1287
Ireland (Situation in Northern Ireland) (Part 17A)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Top Secret |
| Page count: | 219 |
| Any docs withheld? | 6 |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Aug 28 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Adam Butler letter to Havers (“Delays in Coming to Trial”) [“Jim appreciates your concern that we should not compound our present security problems”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 10 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Andrew letter to Charles Powell (Hurd-Barry bilateral) [“meeting did not herald any dramatic new development in Anglo-Irish relations”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Andrew (Prior’s visit to Dublin) [MT said “it is not to be called a farewell visit because other arrangements will still be in the air”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 11 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [meeting with Nally: “aim will be to get the Irish to recognise that ‘joint authority’ as envisaged in the Nally proposals is not available”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jul 19 Th | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“the Government would be prepared to consider a significant role for the Government of the Republic in the North”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 3 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Nally “said that, at first sight, the British approach appeared to the Irish side to be inadequate”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 3 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Armstrong minute to Powell (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [“the farthest we are likely to get by the time of the Summit is to be able to report to the Prime Minsiter and the Taoiseach on the outlines of a possible package”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 24 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Butler minute to MT (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [the Irish side “accepted that what was now under discussion was not joint sovereignty or joint authority”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 25 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Colin Budd (Prior valedictory note) [“things cannot be left as they are”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell letter to Sandiford (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [MT “said that she was worried that the Irish Government were trying to push the talks along too fast”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 26 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Armstrong (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [Armstrong’s talks with Nally] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Hatfield (“Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [MT thinks “Irish expectations remain unrealistic”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 6 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to Hatfield (“Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Visit to Dublin”) [MT “wishes very careful attention [to be] paid to public handling of the visit”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Charles Powell minute to MT (“Meeting of Ministers: 5 October. Anglo-Irish Relations: Northern Ireland”) [to agree instructions for Armstrong] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd letter to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“This capture is a badly needed boost to the morale of the Irish security forces”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Capture of PIRA Shipment by the Irish Navy”) [“the Americans were not involved at any stage”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Sep 26 We | Major | Northern Ireland: Colin Budd minute to Charles Powell (“Mr Barry’s Speech to the Britsh Irish Association, 15 September”) [“the overall impression conveyed was one of optimism about the prospects for significant improvement in the situation”] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 4 Sa | Major | Northern Ireland: Enoch Powell speech (Ulster in peril) [“Ulster representation in a Dublin parliament means the end of the Union”] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Flesher minute for MT (Galvin incident) [Prior comments and Kinnock call for enquiry] [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Aug 14 Tu | Major | Northern Ireland: Flesher telegram to MT (Galvin incident) [decision to exclude Galvin “looked like a ‘bad mistake’”] [declassified 2014] |